]]>As you know, over the weekend Jeremy travelled to Valloire in the Italian French Alps with his friend Julian in a Frazer Nash Super Sports to take part in the Frazer Nash Alpine Trial.

We also mentioned before that Jeremy had encountered a few mechanical issues prior to the trial commencing. Here’s what happened!
While on their way to Valloire, Jeremy and Julian received news that a friend, who was situated about an hour and a half to the West, was having some car trouble. In order to help, they took a detour. Unfortunately, while doing so, the Super Sports began to partially seize! The car was trailered to the alps where Julian and Jeremy, as well as a number of other brilliant car enthusiasts on the trial, spent all day fixing it. After taking the car apart, they realised the piston rings were melting into the pistons, with one piston ring broken altogether. Using nothing but a Swiss Army knife, Jeremy managed to fix the problem, working until 11.30pm to ensure the job was done.
On Monday morning, following not much sleep, the pair took to the roads on the northern route around Mont Blanc, which is situated between France, Switzerland and Italy. The weather was superb and the car ran like clockwork. During the evening, the group relaxed in a hotel restaurant overlooking their Frazer Nash’s with a stunning mountain backdrop while enjoying fantastic food and even better company.

Tuesday was a slightly more problematic day, although nothing this pair of petrol heads couldn’t cope with!

While driving through Switzerland, the banjo bolt which holds the float chamber to the carburettor, came undone and disappeared! Jeremy, driven by pure determination, walked a mile back along the road, searching the gutters and surrounding terrain for the bolt. He didn’t have any luck at first – but amazingly, after deciding to scan the pavement in one last attempt at finding it, there it was!

They made it back to Valloire. And even though they were a couple of hours late, they were thoroughly exhilarated after 450 hard road miles.

Today (Wednesday) the group are relaxing. But stay tuned, because we’ll have more updates for you tomorrow when they embark on the Southern route.

]]>Why You Should Choose A Brantz Tripmeterhttps://www.holden.co.uk/blog/why-you-should-choose-a-brantz-tripmeter/
Fri, 17 Feb 2017 16:20:30 +0000http://blog.holden.co.uk/?p=1314If you’re looking to kit out your classic rally car with a tripmeter in order to take competition to the next level, you can’t go wrong with Brantz. The Brantz brand offers rallying equipment to anyone with an interest in classic rally cars – from enthusiastic novices to well oiled professionals. So no matter how...

]]>If you’re looking to kit out your classic rally car with a tripmeter in order to take competition to the next level, you can’t go wrong with Brantz.
The Brantz brand offers rallying equipment to anyone with an interest in classic rally cars – from enthusiastic novices to well oiled professionals. So no matter how many miles you’ve clocked up, there’s sure to be a product suitable for you.

Back in the sixties, serious rallying competitors utilised mechanical tripmeters to refine their navigation and gain a better speed record. Some rally regulations continue to allow only mechanical tripmeters and don’t permit tripmeters that display GPS or speed averages, however, many historic or retrospective rallies around the globe have recently approved the Brantz RetroTrip tripmeters, giving you more in the way of choice.

Retrotrip tripmeters feature electro-mechanical clicking digits and are calibrated to the car by operating switches on the unit. They are ordinarily used with an electrical sensor on the speedometer cable. Alternatively, you can use a wheel or propshaft sensor. The propshaft sensor consists of two magnets that are fitted to either side of the propshaft and can be easier to install than a dedicated wheel sensor due to the fact the design can accommodate larger clearances between rotating components.

Older cars with 6 volt electrics or doubtful 12 volt charging systems should also consider using the power conditioner. A power conditioner is designed to provide a stable voltage source so that it can function properly.

If you’re more interested in modern rallies, it’s recommended you use one of the Brantz International electronic tripmeters which rely on an electrical signal which is then processed electronically.

There are two main international tripmeters offered by Brantz.

For those of you who are road rallying or rallying at club level stage events, we recommend the Brantz International 1. This is a basic single readout tripmeter featuring a single red LED display and push wheel switches on the front.

For professional rally drivers we recommend the Brantz International 2. This offers all the same features as the international 1 tripmeter, but additionally has a second display showing intermediate distance as well as a remote reset button and a STEP knob on the front allowing adjustment to the Total distance.

If you’d like to measure average speed as well, The Brantz 2 ‘S’ Pro has all the features of International 1 and 2 but also the addition of a highly accurate speedometer which displays selectable or average speed. Bear in mind that rally regulations tend to not permit the use of average speed tracking via a tripmeter.

Now, for those of you that own multiple rally motors and wish to uninstall and reinstall the same tripmeter into more than one car, this process doesn’t need to be difficult. You can choose to use the plug and socket kit which is installed with the tripmeter allowing for straight forward removal once you’re finished.

Why not head over to our dedicated Brantz page and browse the latest products?